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Thank you all for your kind comments, this came as a totally unexpected, but very pleasant surprise, which cheered me up on this dull miserable spring day here in the UK.

Hi Crueby that's an interesting, and beautifully made engine. Love engines that tick over slowly, and have a lot of moving parts. Mesmerizing Les

Very nice runner Stan, and also gave me different slant on making a video, I bet that took a while. Very Prof Les.

Hi Bill here is a link to the original full sized engine, and the guy who did the first 1/4 sized model of it. Les http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,3990.0.html

Thank's for your interest and comments guys, nice to know someone out there is looking in. Bill your question about the small flywheel, I think it is a drive belt pulley rather than a flywheel. Les

This is the finished Overcrank Engine. At the start I was unsure if I had the ability to complete this project, having only previously made the relatively simple Elmer beam engine from Brian Rupnow’s drawings, which I altered the design of, as I progressed, became more confident...

What a messy material cast is to machine, particularly when ther e is so much meat to remove, I was glad when it was done. I followed Stews method of using a tapered bush machined at the same angle as that bored into the flywheel centre, for securing it to the crankshaft. The bush was made...

Having taken a long break from the workshop, which amounts to most of 2013, to do various jobs on the domestic front, I am now getting around to catching up on the parts I had completed and not written up, and continuing with the parts that are as yet still living inside the bits of metal still...

Hi Stew Thanks for looking in and again for your kind remark, although all the credit must go to you for the methodology, it certainly worked a treat. Regards Les ;D

Next the oiler bodies. M16 brass stock turned down to 14mm for the length of the body including the thread. Bored out 8mm dia to a depth of 16mm, then internally threaded to a depth of 8mm with the homemade threading tool. At this point it occurred to me that it would be a good time to use the...

Hi Don Have just read this from the start to finish and am mightily impressed. She is absolutely beautiful and a the work of a true craftsman, you should be well proud. I would love to see it in the flesh, are you intending to show it at all? Best Regards Les

Next I set up the rotary table with a chuck to hold the eccentric located the centre mark and offset the Y by 4.3 mm centre drilled it then gradually took it out at 1 mm increments from 3 mm to 11.5 mm and finished off with a 12 mm end mill. The reason for the small increments...

Hi Don Thanks for the heads up email. What a beautiful collection of engines, they are something to be really proud of and an inspiration to all of us who lack your extensive experience and craftsmanship. I have a pal who will wet his knickers when he sees your traction engine, I must admit...

Hi Don There are a full set of Stew's drawings available in PDF format, but I am not sure which forum I got them from. Probably this one I guess, before the fall out last year. I am not sure if they are still here. I think Stew now uses Mad Modder. I know his build is on there. If you...

Thanks Brian Stew has set the bar high so I am taking my time and doing the best I can, thanks for looking in Regards Les

The next move was to fit two of the bearing plates with dowels and check for alignment using a 16mm piece of stock. It was spot, on giving a nice sliding fit with no play and no tight spots. I then cut 4 pieces of brass for the "return con rod" guides, squared them up and marked them...

Thank's Brian, and a Happy new year to you too.

decided to get the base done next so that the other bits would have somewhere to live, so I took a plank of ally and hacked of a suitable sized chunk on the saw Next I squared up each end Resetting the base square on the table I set ALE for the DRO at the top left hand corner of...

Thanks for your comments Brian, sorry for the delayed reply, I thought I had already replied, grey matter must be getting befuddled. Have since bought a decent digital height gauge so I am following your example, A double check is always better than cussing afterwards. Regards Les

Having sorted that blunder out, I made a start on the steam chest which would be made from four sections pinned and soft soldered together here are two of the sections being milled to just oversize leaving enough metal to finally flycut to size when assembled. Here are the four sections...